The coffee-then-beer routine may protect liver

This article from Science Magazine is just too cool. According to Arthur Klatsky and colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California, people who drink a lot of coffee, and also a lot of alcohol are less 80% less likely to get cirrhosis of the liver compared to others who have consumer similar amount of alcohol. Surprisingly, they point to the significantly lower enzymes in the blood of excessive coffee/beer drinkers as a evidence to support the hypothesis that coffee protects the liver. Furthermore, caffeine was ruled out as a protectant factor, because excessive tea drinkers did not significantly reduce the risk of cirrhosis.